Rob VandenBrink - Linux for Networking Professionals: Securely configure and operate Linux network services for the enterprise

Securely configure and operate Linux network services for the enterprise

Rob VandenBrink

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Dedicated to my wife, Karen: together, we make every year better than the last!

Rob VandenBrink

Rob VandenBrink is a consultant with Coherent Security in Ontario, Canada. He is a volunteer with the Internet Storm Center, a site that posts daily blogs on information security and related stories. Rob also contributes as a volunteer to various security benchmarks at the Center for Internet Security, notably the Palo Alto Networks Firewall benchmark and the Cisco Nexus benchmark.

His areas of specialization include all facets of information security, network infrastructure, network and data center design, IT automation, orchestration, and virtualization. Rob has developed tools for ensuring policy compliance for VPN access users, a variety of networking tools native to Cisco IOS, as well as security audit/assessment tools for both Palo Alto Networks Firewall and VMware vSphere.

Rob has a master's degree in information security engineering from the SANS Technology Institute and holds a variety of SANS/GIAC, VMware, and Cisco certifications.

Melvin Reyes Martin is an enthusiastic senior network engineer who is very passionate about design, improvement, and automation. He has achieved expert-level certications in networking, such as CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure and CCIE Service Provider. Melvin worked at Cisco Systems for 6 years, implementing new exciting networking technologies for internet service providers in the Latin America and Caribbean regions. He also possesses the Linux+ certification and loves to integrate open source projects into networking. Melvin is a big believer in cloud infrastructure and blockchain technology.

I would like to thank my wife, Nadiolis Varela, and my kids, Aaron and Matthew, for their help and encouragement over the years.